The Kommandant's Mistress by Alexandria Constantinova Szeman

Author:Alexandria Constantinova Szeman [Szeman, Alexandria Constantinova]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novel
Publisher: RockWay Press
Published: 2012-04-05T03:00:00+00:00

Ah, della traviata sorridi al desio,

A lei deh perdona, tu accoglila, o Dio.

(Ah, pity the fallen one,

and send her consolation,

pardon her transgressions,

and send her salvation, O God!)

The Kommandant thrust his hips upward as he forced my head down.

Ah, tutto, tutto fini,

oh, tutto, tutto fini.

(Ah, it all ends,

oh, it all ends.)

The opera's music flooded the room, but my mouth couldn't form the words.

"What did you say?" said Josef as he turned toward the guard standing beside him.

"She is beautiful," said the guard, his fingers gripping his rifle. "Just like they said."

The adjutant shrugged.

"I've heard about her," said the guard, "but this is the first time I've ever seen her. Josef, don't you think she's beautiful?"

"Maybe," he said, "for a Jew. Now, here's what I want you to do, Karl. These documents came from the camp..."

"Are you sure I'm allowed in here?" said the guard, glancing around. "Where's the Kommandant?"

"He's gone for the day," said the adjutant. "Look, Karl, I know these documents are forgeries. What I don't know is who's making them. Can you find out?"

"Sure," he said, slipping the documents into an inside pocket. "Anything for you."

"Don't worry. I'll pay you."

"You're my cousin. You wouldn't cheat me," he said, and he looked back at me. "I wish I were the Kommandant, just for an hour, just so I could do her."

"She's a whore," said the adjutant. "And a Jew."

"But a pretty one. I'd give anything to do her, Josef, wouldn't you?"

"If I did her," he said, "she'd know what a real German is like."

"You'd take care of her all right," said his cousin, laughing. "She wouldn't survive you."

"Wait till he gets tired of her," said the adjutant. "Then she'll get what she deserves."

"You'll show her what's what, eh?"

"I know how to take care of Jewish whores."

"You'll take care of her, huh?"

"She'll wish she'd never been born."

"The Kommandant's gone for the day?" said the cousin. "The whole day?"

They both looked at me, but the adjutant had a cold look. I pressed my body harder against the wall.

"What do you think?"

"You're not doing her unless I do," said the adjutant.

He pulled up his jacket to undo his pants. His cousin dropped his rifle and ripped open his own uniform. The adjutant grabbed my arm.

"But let me go first, or there'll be nothing left," said the cousin. "Let me go first."

"First, tell me, how are you going to take care of the girl?" said the Kommandant's friend as he emptied the bottle of champagne.

"How did Rudi do his?" said the Kommandant.

"Sent her to the gas. No, wait. Maybe he shot her. I'll ask around. What are you going to do?"

"I don't know," said the Kommandant, pouring himself Cognac. "I'm not finished with her yet."

"Such an extraordinary face," said his friend. "Even now."

"Yes," said the Kommandant.

"I could get you some cyanide tablets," said his friend. "From my cousin. Three should be enough."

"I'll just shoot her," said the Kommandant. "It'll be quicker."

"It'll be quicker, Herr Major, to look at the list of foods we are allowed to have," said the man standing in line in front of me.

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